PARAMOUNT — A man was found shot to death inside his car in Paramount and sheriff’s detectives were searching for his killer this morning, the sheriff’s department reported.

The shooting in the 8000 block of Somerset Ranch Road was reported to the sheriff’s Lakewood station just before midnight on Thursday, according to Deputy Trina Schrader.

Homicide detectives were called to the scene and found the man in the driver’s seat of his car with a gunshot wound, Schrader said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, she said. His name was withheld pending family notification.

A motive for the shooting was unknown. No description of a suspect was immediately available.

Anyone with information on the shooting was asked to call the sheriff’s homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500. Tipsters can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS. All tips can be submitted anonymously.